China Releases New GB Standards for Cosmetic Industry

China has released 35 GB standards for testing cosmetic products and their raw materials.

SAFEGUARDS | Cosmetics, Personal Care & Household
NO. 024/18

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), as well as the Standardization Administration (SA) of the People’s Republic of China approved 291 national standards on February 6, 2018.

Among these 291 national standards, there are 35 standards related to cosmetic products and their raw materials.

Eyeliner and removal oil are for the first time to be regulated by GB national standards. Most of these focus on prohibited substances (such as Binapacryl and NDELA), restricted substances (such as Inorganic sulfites and hydrogen sulfites), preservatives (Undec-10-enoic acid and its salts), UV-filters and skin whitening substances. The GBs are listed in Table 1. These new standards apply from September1, 2018.

Table 1.

GB Code

GB Name

GB/T 13531.6-2018

General methods on determination of cosmetics – Determination of particle size

GB/T 13531.7-2018

General methods on determination of cosmetics – Determination of refractive index

GB/T 35797-2018

Determination of padimates in cosmetics – High performance liquid chromatography

GB/T 35798-2018

Determination of coumarin and its derivatives in cosmetics – High performance liquid chromatography